User talk:Cyde/Ref converter

This talk page is for technical discussion of Ref converter only. If you want to threaten me with blocks, RfCs, and RfArs, you can do so on my talk page. -- Cyde Weys 21:15, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

List of pages to be updated is broken
I used the link to generate a list of pages that needed this conversion and every link links to a non-wikipedia page in Japanese. So, something has gone wrong. Also, when I went to check some of the pages independently it looked like their references had been updated already.

Tdferro (talk) 16:37, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Re lost of citation name
Just seen your converter and will have to have a cautious go. However I note that the conversion ignores the citation name, ie  ...  details  becomes '''  ...   claimed there were no ref/note instances therein (i.e. ERROR, no refs found on that page ). HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 09:55, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * See edit summary of http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Badmarsh_%26_Shri&diff=84022112&oldid=77756000
 * "&" sign in article names seems to confuse the converter, replace it by "%26" (as in URL address field of your browser) and conversion works fine. Of course, with this workaround suggestion I don't want to imply that it wouldn't be better to get this "bug" out of the convertor! --Francis Schonken 10:13, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Aware of server issues
Okay, I'm aware of the server issues. The hard drive actually crashed less than a week ago and I'm running everything on a new hard drive from backups. I haven't gotten the new Apache config working for the cgi-bin yet, but I'll get on that soon. My first priority was getting back up my wiki. -- Cyde Weys 06:56, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Ref conv is back up
I just sent this out to the spamlist.

Sorry for the downtime. References converter is now back up and running. About a week ago the hard drive in my server crashed. Luckily it stayed together long enough to allow me to pull all the data off onto a new hard drive, but I still had to go through the process of installing Linux on the new hard drive, installing all the necessary programs, and loading in all of the old data from the server. I got all of my essential services up within two days (CVS, Apache, Wiki), but I kind of forgot about web scripts, which I finally got around to fixing today. Everything should be fully functional again. If you see any bugs, just send me a message. You are receiving this message because you are on the spamlist. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, simply remove your name. -- Cyde Weys 19:15, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Auto message
Would you know why my edit message isn't automatically generated? I can see that the "edit&autosummary" is still in teh URL, but nothing appears in the edit box. Why is that?-- Esprit15d (talk ¤ contribs) 19:39, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Because the autosummary code is part of Lupin's popups (a very popular add-on) not the basic site code. JesseW, the juggling janitor 10:21, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Haha, wow, I didn't realize this wasn't part of basic MediaWiki. This explains many things ...  Cyde Weys  19:12, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

sv version
Hi! Is it possible you could put up a version of the ref converter that uses sv.wikipedia.org? We have the same ref/note system used there in a few articles, and I'd like to use this tool. /skagedal... 12:27, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Stats update
Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Ref has 9615 pages transcluded as of 00:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC). I'd update it on the main page, but I'm logged out. 71.128.189.190 00:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Another update, still logged out. 10,424 as of 23:42, 10 May 2007 (UTC). It's going up. -- 75.214.105.182

Ugh, who are all of these people still using the old system?! -- Cyde Weys 19:09, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It's probably mosty caused by Template:Citation transcluding Template:Citation/core which supposedly transcludes Template:Ref (it doesn't actually do that, though; it just has an argument called Ref, and some piece of code is buggy enough to think that is a transclusion). --Derlay 22:09, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The bug was in Template:Citation/core in fact, I just fixed it. Once the caches are updated, Template:Ref should become much less popular. :-) --Derlay 22:41, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Currently, Template:Ref is embedded/transcoded in 6856 pages as of 06:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC), according to API.php. I guess fixing the bug did help, but it's still a big job... It'd be nice if someone who was logged in copied these stats updates to the main page... 75.215.138.84 (talk) (really, User:JesseW/not logged in) 06:33, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Master boot record should not be converted
Master boot record is using ref templates & tags in order to create two separate sections for footnotes and citations. Therefore, it should not be converted, at least until this separation can be maintained. Someone logged in, please add Master boot record to the list of pages to watch out for. Thanks! 75.215.255.48 (talk) (really, User:JesseW/not logged in) 06:43, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Recalcitrant articles (e.g., ASCII)
What should be done when an HTML comment in an unruly article specifically states that cite.php style should not be used in a particular section, the better to keep notes within a section? See, for instance, ASCII. --zenohockey (talk) 05:26, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Leave it alone -- when all the articles remaining using the old style are such, we can worry about it; until then, just leave it alone, and maybe mention add it to the list on the main page. 207.233.32.18 (talk) (really, User:JesseW/not logged in (but not all the edits from this IP are me)) 03:57, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Possible bug
This one gets a problem; I think it's a typo in the page, but the program should recognize it, if possible... 207.233.32.18 (talk) 04:10, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Another possible bug
Just a little one, this edit produced a double ref tag, like so:



Best, Martin  (Smith609 – Talk)  08:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Fix: the link to the article's edit page
index.php's form parameter autosummary should now be summary. Compare: |Ref%20converter%5d%5d and |Ref%20converter%5d%5d. &mdash; Vano 14:36, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Issue on Approximant consonant
Hi Cyde and thanks for the great tool!! Unfortunately it seemed to vomit on Approximant consonant and it got reverted. Is this the right place for a bug report? Best,-- &#x03C6; OnePt618Talk &#x03C6;  22:19, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Issue with links
All the links in the list go to "http://teamgamer.org/?pageName=******" where ****** is the name of the page clicked on in the list. For example, http://teamgamer.org/?pageName=Elvis_Presley I have only done 50 links, so I don't know about the other numbers and what the links for those direct to. --Kylalak (talk) 00:11, 15 May 2012 (UTC)